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2011/01/27

We don't have many matsuri (festivals) during winter and we miss them so much. So I decided to post a matsuri photo taken in Kanuma city, Tochigi Prefecture. When we were there, my wife was wearing a black T-shirt with a big logo saying "I♡Tochigi" (in Japanese). It really worked and everybody was friendly to her and she felt that she was a Celebrity (alternatively they were just laughing at her and it was all her misinterpretation!).

Each district has its own Mikoshi float. The floats in Kanuma city are well-known for their detailed carvings all over the main structure. They have four wooden wheels and are pulled by district members. As you can see in the photo taken by a film camera (Nikon F801S), a float has a small front stage to entertain the audience with live music played by a traditional orchestra hidden behind the stage.

If you want to know it more in detail, we have articles regarding this autumn festival (part 1 and part 2).

26 comments:

I have been outside in the icey snow playing with my fish eye lens...this shot makes me think you were using one when you took it. The colors are so vivid and beautiful. What a treat it would be for a woman from the southern USA to attend such a wonderful festival. The only one out of this country for me was in Edinburgh, Scotland, and it was wonderful. This is a super shot in my estimation.

Very good photo taken with fisheye lens! I see this festival was really interesting.I also like festivals. Here in Debrecen there is a festival in every august, name "Flower carnival". You can see some photos of mine here if you like:http://mrpaparazzo.blogspot.com/2010/08/viragkarneval.html

Great shot! I wish I could have been there shooting with you, and tasting all the wonderful food!

I couldn't help but notice that you have a follower, Dave (in sunglasses) that has jumped onto all of our sites and is using us to promote his travel blog even on semi-private family blogs. He is a parasite. Should you choose to remove him here's how:

HOW TO BLOCK a follower. Just clicking on followers didn't work b/c it doesn't give an option to block. Here's how it worked for me:Click on: Dashboard Followers Show blocked followers Show all followers THEN...Click on the follower you wish to delete and it will give the option to block!

"I couldn't help but notice that you have a follower, Dave (in sunglasses) that has jumped onto all of our sites and is using us to promote his travel blog even on semi-private family blogs. He is a parasite."

Positive misinterpretation is how I get by in the world. ;) S'the best way! :D

And Kanumaaaaa!!!!! My beloved Kanuma!!! ^^ I'm always happy when I see anything related to it, ever since I did a (really short!) homestay there in 2006. Yay! No one ever knows Kanuma outside of Tochigi though... ^^;

It's great being ableto see more of it than I had a chance to back in '06, thanks! ^^

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Photography has become one of my hobbies since 2009. I've taken photos with Nikon D200 DSLR and F801s film camera until 2012. Now I have mirrorless system. Abstract images taken by Olympus OM-D and Sigma DP1s are extracted by lenses, cropping, changing aperture, photoshop, and else.